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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 16, 1964 reads, "Meet "disaster" - Nurses and doctors at Northridge Hospital ease 'pain of victims' of mock earthquake which struck the Southland early this morning. The quake was staged as a "surprise" to test the ability of 14 Valley hospitals to cope with an emergency disaster which might strike the Southland suddenly."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Nurses--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Northridge (Los Angeles) Emergency drills--California--Los Angeles Disaster nursing--California--Los Angeles Disaster relief--California--Los Angeles Physicians--California--Los Angeles Earthquakes--California, Southern Disasters--California, Southern Valley Times Collection photographs Night photographs
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